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Understanding 9/11BBS Documentary Interview: Ben Baker, Ken Kaplan, That Old Frog (Ryugen Fisher) Part 1
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Interview of Ken Kaplan, Ben Baker, and Ryugen Fisher (That Old Frog)in St. Louis Missouri, January of 2004. Hour 1 (of 3). Discussion of Fidonet politics, internal issues, triumphs of engineering, influence of Fidonet. Covers some parts of the ARC-ZIP battle, as well as why the various interviewees ultimately left the project. Shot in the same living room in which Fidonet's main implementation was created, at Ken Kaplan's house. The interview began with just Ken Kaplan and Ben Baker, and Fisher showed up during the process of interviewing. (He does not appear on camera until hour 2). Jason appears at the end, during a break, talking about learning about Ryugen Fisher by his nickname "The Old Frog".
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September 6, 2023
Subject: Like a meeting of the founding Fathers
Subject: Like a meeting of the founding Fathers
Such a great conversation, you just wish that Jason had 20 tapes that he just left running the entire time non-stop while they ate then talked and drank until the wee hours of the evening.
So much great stuff here and fantastic job by Jason of guiding the conversation and also allowing it to carry on organically where it wanted to go.
One of the most important tapes of the whole series
Pic page http://www.bbsdocumentary.com/photos/135fido/index.html
Tape 2: https://archive.org/details/20040126-bbs-kaplanbakerfrog2
Other folks mentioned or important to fidonet
https://archive.org/details/bbs-20040228-henderson
https://archive.org/details/bbs-20020512-denton
https://archive.org/details/bbs-20021221-siegel
(Tom Jennings interview has gone missing)
So much great stuff here and fantastic job by Jason of guiding the conversation and also allowing it to carry on organically where it wanted to go.
One of the most important tapes of the whole series
Pic page http://www.bbsdocumentary.com/photos/135fido/index.html
Tape 2: https://archive.org/details/20040126-bbs-kaplanbakerfrog2
Other folks mentioned or important to fidonet
https://archive.org/details/bbs-20040228-henderson
https://archive.org/details/bbs-20020512-denton
https://archive.org/details/bbs-20021221-siegel
(Tom Jennings interview has gone missing)
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